User talk:Marudubshinki/Archive 15

Shaizar pic

I've seen the pic all over the internet so I just assumed it was PD. If that's not good enough then I guess you can delete it.--Yuber^{<fontcolor="#FF8C00">(talk)} 16:29,13 November 2005 (UTC)

Damn. Now I regret asking- it is a good picture of Shaizar. Hmm. Iguess I'll just put a Fair Use tag on it, that way I don't have todelete it. (and FYI: pics floating around the Internet are almostalways copyrighted :() --Maru (talk)Contribs 16:32, 13 November2005 (UTC)

Behavior of Ted Wilkes

User:Ted Wilkes has now deleted all edits by administratorFCYTravis to the Gavin Lambert, Nick Adamsand James Dean articles. See [1], [2]and [3].He and User:Wyss continue with accusing me of being a vandal,fabricating texts, etc. I think this behavior is unacceptable.--Onefortyone 16:31, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, 141, I know: you've sent this same message to other users; I'mlooking into it. --Maru (talk)Contribs 16:43, 13 November2005 (UTC)

Luke as apprentice

Somebody wrote in to Star Wars Insider about this. They asked whyLuke was not given a Darth name. Of course we know the real-worldexplanation is because the writers didn't know about its status as aSith name yet. But the man who replies to letters, whom I believe isPablo Hidalgo though I could be mistaken, explained that Luke neverbecame a true Dark lord, only a Dark Jedi. The title "Lord Skywalker"is in reference to "overlord," Luke's position as Supreme Commander ofImperial troops. --Jon Hart 23:19, 13 November 2005(UTC)

That seems exceedingly silly/stupid to me, but if it is canon, thenmy objections count for nothing, I guess.--Maru (talk)Contribs 00:36, 14 November2005 (UTC)

It sounds silly to me too, but even if Luke once fell to the DarkSide, I believe that the naming title generally goes by the person'sfinal alignment; thus, if a Jeid falls, his name will be laterreferenced as "Darth Name," even though they were once light.-Xol 01:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

The Separatist Masacre - sp

Thank You. -- Jason Palpatine 04:41, 15 November 2005(UTC)

help needed at Talk:Bantha

Some anon keeps posting patent nonsense over there. Its been blankedfour times now, but he/she keeps going .--Kross |Talk 21:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Sure. You know I'm always good for some vandal-fighting!--Maru (talk)Contribs 22:52, 15 November2005 (UTC)

Blocked. --Maru (talk)Contribs 23:11, 15 November2005 (UTC)

set in the EU?

Why do you put the statement "set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe"onto the book articles? Couldn't it just simply be "set in the StarWars galaxy?" That's how the films and video games are worded.--The Wookieepedian 18:37, 16 November 2005(UTC)

Because "Set in the SW galaxy" != "set in the SW EU". Differentlevels of canon, sources, itnerpretation, and generally, interest toreaders. It's justified because some novels are EU and some aren't-novelizations aren't EU for example. It is a worthwhile distinction, Ifeel. --Maru (talk)Contribs 19:27, 16 November2005 (UTC)

The thing is, Lucasfilm considers all works not contradicting thefilms part of the same continuity as the films, and on the same level.The distinctions in canon are made only for the purpose of settlingcontinuity issues. Since they are all set in the same universe, Ibelieve they should be named appropriately. The Wookieepedian 19:53, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Marmot

Thanks for the update. I am so poor with coding and such. If youhaven't already, please tell Redwolf24 and post thedetails on the Mentcom talk page.--Karmafist 21:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

I'll let Linuxbeak do that. He was doing most of the talking anyway.--Maru (talk)Contribs 21:15, 16 November2005 (UTC)

Thinking Machines

I moved part of your edit to Thinking Machines to the discussionpage -- I'm not aware of any external references that support theclaim that the company wasn't shipping machines on time. If you canfind support for these claims, I think it would make the articlestronger. --Zippy 03:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Just purely offhand, the first external link offers this quote: "Hadthe CM-5 been built without the miscues and the wasted time, thecompany might have gone on to live up to its considerable promise." But that's not what I based it on- I based it on a book I had borrowedfor another article, Lisp machines, (Newquist, Harvey. The BrainMakers, Sams Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-672-30412-0). So feel free toadd it back in. --Maru (talk)Contribs 04:18, 17 November2005 (UTC)

I believe the Inc Magazine article isn't talking about a failure toship machines (as in, someone ordered a machine, but it didn't arrive)but rather about the long process of developing a new line ofmachines. The CM-5 was a radical change from the CM-2 architecture. Ibelieve the article is saying it took too long to design the newarchitecture. I don't have The Brain Makers, but if you say thatit talks about delays in shipping machines, please do put that in thearticle and include a link to the book. --Zippy 07:07,22 November 2005 (UTC)

I no longer have The Brain Makers (had to interlibrary loan it,since apparently it is a rather rare obscure book), but that is what Iremember. Feel free to get a copy yourself and double-check- I'm moreconcerned with the Lisp Machines and the panoply of companies thateventually led to the AI Winter; Thinking Machines is little morethan an aside in that. --Maru (talk)Contribs 18:40, 22 November2005 (UTC)

Reverted or removed

Please stop changing template test. Reverted and removed do notmean the same thing. Reverted means entirely removed by returningthe article to the pre-edit version. Removed means Either thecomplete removal of the edit, or a partial removal of some of theedit. The former is used when the entire edit is vandalism. Thelatter is used when some of the edit is vandalism but some is valid.In such a case only the vandalism is removed and a revert is not done.The wording is carefully constructed to cover either option. One maybe covered by the 3RR unless purely dealing with vandalism. The otheris not covered by the 3RR rule unless the edit is really a disguidedrevert. They are two different things. Your edit creates a misleadingimpression of Wikipedia policy in the template. --Usertalk:Jtdirl 05:02, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Alright. --Maru (talk)Contribs 05:07, 17 November2005 (UTC)

Bounty Hunter Wars

That is amazing you spotted that! Indeed I did take that name fromthe Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy. Back in the day, I had a websitenamed Kuat Drive Yards and I wanted to be Kuat of Kuat, but thatusername on Yahoo was taken, so I took Kuat of KDY (Kuat Drive Yards). I never actually liked those books much, bounty hunters were never mything, but I kept the name since Kuat Drive Yards made most of the bigships for the Empire. Ah, there are some good old memories. I slowlyreplaced KuatofKDY with Whaleyland but the logon name remained on a number of sites, including here. I usually only use that name forgaming stuff now. Thanks for the retrospection!–Whaleyland 20:55, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Heh. Yeah, I'm very much of a Star Wars geek. (To put it inperspective, a number of my SW articles here, like Cronal orWarlord Zsinj are even more detailed than their counterpartson Wookiepedia). When I saw your edit on RFA, I blinked for amoment and I just had to ask, especially since it is such an obscurecomment, I haven't seen you around the SW articles, and I was hopefulof possibly discovering the real-world inspiration for the name... (ohwell). Anyways, you can change your user name, you know, retaining allyour settings, edit counts and such at Wikipedia:Changingusername. --Maru (talk)Contribs 21:06, 21 November2005 (UTC)